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[weɪlz]nome proprio Galles m.* * *Wales /weɪlz/n.(geogr.) Galles: I love Wales, adoro il Galles; We're going to Wales, andiamo in Galles; She lives in Wales, abita in Galles; (GB, polit.) Wales Office, Dipartimento degli affari gallesi● the Prince of Wales, il Principe di Galles ( titolo dell'erede al trono inglese) NOTE DI CULTURA: Wales: l'unione del Galles con l'Inghilterra fu sancita con l' Act of Union del 1536, ma l'annessione del paese era di fatto già avvenuta nel 1283 quando Dafydd principe di Galles venne catturato e messo a morte da Edoardo I d'Inghilterra. Il titolo di Prince of Wales ( Principe di Galles) venne conferito al figlio maggiore di Edoardo, il futuro Edoardo II, e da allora spetta all'erede al trono. Malgrado la plurisecolare influenza inglese, l'identità gallese è rimasta assai viva e il gallese, ► «Welsh», B, è tuttora parlato in diverse zone del paese ed è usato accanto all'inglese nei documenti ufficiali, nella toponomastica e nelle indicazioni stradali. Dal 1999 il Galles ha un parlamento nazionale, la Welsh Assembly. Il nome gallese del Galles è Cymru /ˈkʌmrɪ/.(Place names) Wales /weɪlz/* * *[weɪlz]nome proprio Galles m. -
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